2024 Incidents

(Note: incidents given with a number in brackets are officially reportable, while the others relate to standbys, event cover and incidents outside the team area at which team members were present)

(29) 30th December, 10 hours 30 mins
Four KSMRT team members supported Patterdale MRT with the search and recovery of an injured mountain biker.

(28) 6th December, 2 hours
The team was asked to assist Kendal MRT for an incident at Arrant Haw. 1 team member coordinated but eventually assistance was not required.

(27) 6th November, 12 hours
Penrith MRT asked for assistance in the search for a walker in his 70s who was lost overnight near Cross Fell, in very poor visibility. 11 team members were involved over a 12 hour period. The missing walker was found walking himself out the following day.

(26) 4th November, 1 hour 40 mins
The team went out to assist a young male trials biker on a bridleway near Stennerskeugh. The biker with suspected head, abdominal and wrist injuries was taken to the road where he was met by an ambulance and the GNAAS doctors who attended by car. 10 team members were involved.

(25) 30th October, 14 hours
The team was called to assist Langdale & Ambleside MRT in the search for a missing paraglider above Grasmere. Four KSMRT team members helped overnight. The paraglider was found injured the following day and taken to hospital.

(24) 28th October, 3 hours 45 mins
Eight members of the team assisted Penrith MRT with the treatment and evacuation of a hillwalker who had injured her leg near Swindale Head.

(23) 14th October, 3 hours
A woman walker in her 60s fell a few metres into a stream bed after going after her dog. The team deployed two Land Rovers to Fell End and located the casualty off a track not far from the road. She was treated for arm and chest injuries, given pain relief and recovered by stretcher to the road, where she was handed over to an ambulance.

(22) 3rd October
Members of the team attended twice over two days in an attempt to extract a sheep stuck a long way down a drain near Nateby. Cave Rescue and the local Fire crew were also involved. Nine team members attended in total. The sheep was eventually encouraged to ‘self rescue’.

(21) 27th September, 4 hours
A cow was reported having fallen into a deep gill on North Stainmore. The team was asked to act as backup by the Fire Service who were overseeing the incident. The team helped lower a vet to check over the animal. The cow was sedated and fed, and was able to be extracted by the farmer several days later.

(20) 16th September, 3 hours
A young male mountain biker called for rescue after falling off his bike near Rollison Gill on 9 Standards and injuring his knee. 12 team members responded in two Land Rovers. The biker was treated and carried to one of the vehicles in a stretcher and driven to the road where he was handed over to an ambulance.

(19) 7th September, 1 hour
A woman had lost her partner as the light dropped on their return from a walk by Cautley Spout. By the time contact had been made by the team leader the two had found each other and were safley returing to their vehicle.

(18) 7th September, 5 mins
The team received a request for help from Kendal MRT in locating a lost walker near Grey Crag. The walker was located before the team deployed.

(17) 3rd August, 3 hours
The callout was to a 20 year old female with a medical issue on the track from the Cross Keys towards Cautley Spout. The team was able to reach her by Land Rover, assess her and extract to the road, where she was handed over to an NWAS ambulance. 11 team members involved.

(16) 21st July, 5 hours
The team was called to a female walker who had slipped and fractured a leg on the Pennine Way, during the descent to Dufton. The fracture was stabilised and the casualty brought down to the road on a stretcher. 11 team members were involved.

(15) 20th June, 5 hours
7 members of the team took part in an extensive search in the Raisbeck area, also involving the police and local volunteers, for a missing male. The man was found safe and well a couple of days later.

(14) 3rd June, 2.5 hours
Call out for a 22 year old female on Pennine Way with an open leg fracture. 17 KSMRT members responded along with 13 from Teesdale MRT. During the deployment the GNAAS helicopter was able to land and pick up the patient.

(13) 1st June, 4 hours
7 team members responded to rescue a sheep from a crag at High Cup Nick. The incident required technical rope skills and the sheep was extracted successfully.

(12) 1st June, 15 mins
The team was asked to assist Swaledale MRT to locate a vulnerable missing person. The person was found as team were getting ready. 9 members responded.

(11) 23rd May, 6 hours
4 team members responded to assist Keswick MRT in the search for a missing vulnerable person, on the second day of the search. She was found around midday.

(9&10) 9th and 10th May, 11 hours
The team was asked to assist Wasdale MRT in the search for a missing walker. 9 team members were involved.

(8) 27th April, 30 mins
The team was asked to assist with the search for a missing 5 year old at Culgaith. 8 members were ready to respond but the child was found very quickly afterwards.

(7) 22nd March, 4 hours
The team assisted two teenage girls by Hoff Beck just south of Appleby. One of the girls had fallen in the water injuring her leg. Both were very cold, but after treatment, both were eventually able to walk out with assistance to the road, to be checked over by ambulance crew. 11 team members were involved.

(6) 29th February, 16 hours
A request for assistance was received from Wasdale MRT for a walker missing on Scafell Pike. 2 KSMRT members attended, helping with the search and eventual extraction of the missing walker from Piers Gill. 3 other KSMRT members were involved with the Lake District wide co-ordination of resources.

(5) 24th February, 1 hour
A report of two walkers stuck on Baugh Fell led to 11 team members being assigned to a wide scale search of the area, with assistance also requested from Kendal MRT. However further clarification from the informant, who had been out of phone signal, meant that the real search area was in the Langdales in the Lake District. The callout was passed to Langdale Ambleside MRT.

(4) 22nd February, 15 mins
The team was called to assist with the search for a dog missing at Cautley Spout, but was stood down when the dog turned up.

(3) 19th February, 3 hours
Kendal MRT asked for assistance with the extraction of a walker in her 70s with an injured ankle in Borrowdale, near Tebay. 5 KSMRT team members attended the scene, carrying in a stretcher and helping to bring the casualty out. She was taken to her car and her companions were able to take her to hospital for treatment.

(2) 17th February, 4 hours
Cumbria Police asked the team to help with the search for a 13 year old who had gone missing late at night near Smardale. While the police operated drones and deployed search dogs, 12 KSMRT members searched woodland areas in the vicinity. The missing youngster was reported safe by a relative the following day.

(1) 9th February, 6 hours
Members of the team on winter skills training in the Scottish Highlands had to rescue one of their own, with the assistance of Cairngorm MRT. The team member broke an ankle while returning from Coire an t-Sneachda in the Cairngorms, a regular training area for snow and ice training. The extraction by stretcher was hampered by extreme weather conditions and difficult terrain.

1st January, 9 hours total
A callout assisting Penrith MRT starting late on New Year’s Eve continued into the early hours of the 1st January. The search for the missing fell runner was called off during the night and sadly his body was found later that day. 13 KSMRT members were involved.